Improvement in broom-machines



lUNITED- STATES KPAEENTIQEEIQEA I-IENRY ANDERSON, OE SAN FRANCISCO, AND JAMES E. HOUCETO'N', OE SACRAMENTO; SAID HOUGHTON AssICNoR To SAID ANDERSON, AND SAID ANDERSON AssIGNOR OE ONE-HALE HIS RIGHT To JOHN B.

. ROBINSON, OE VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOM-'MACHINESl Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 50,669, dated May 12, 1874 application filed April 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, HENRY ANDERSON, of the city and county of San Francisco, and JAMES F. HOUGHTON, ofthe city and county of Sacramento, State of California, have invented certain Improvements in Broom-Machines adapted to the manufacture of brooms having metallic sockets, of Which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to the attachment of a form, either tapering or straight, of metallic material, to a broom-machine, in such manner that this form shall keep in position diilerent sizes of metallic or other sockets, Whereon broom-corn may be laid; thev object of our invention being to have a form that can be attached to the holders ofbroom-machines, so as to admit of the adjustment of various sizes and shapes of our improved broom-handle sockets, Whereon the broom-corn may be spread and secured in the same manner as on ordinary Wooden handles, the form with fixed and adjusted socket taking the place of the ordinary handle in the manufacture of such brooms.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broommachine, with the form thereto attached embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the form embodying our invention for adjusting metallic sockets thereto in the manufacture of detachable brooms. Figs. 3 and 4 represent a side and end view, respectively, of a sliding spring to the form shown lin Fig. 2, for securing the detachable sockets thereon tted. Fig. 5 is a side view of a metallic socket, made tapering for adjustment to a broom-handle, and on Which the broom-corn is laid when it has been secured in position to the form represented in Fig. 2.

AA is a broom-machine, which is constructed inthe usual manner adopted in the manufacture of such machines, and consists of a frame, C C, treadle-Wheel W, connected to a large drum, D, so as to engage a smaller drum, D', by means of a belt, B. To this drum D is fitted a holder, H, into which ordinary broom-handles are secured by the adjustment of the thumbscrew s on the spring a. A roll of wire isWound` round a Wooden spool, K, so as to supplya reel, R, and pass over, in a single thread, a smaller reel, r, convenient to the manufacturer, for Winding round such broom -corn as may be spread on the Wooden handle that may be fixed in the holder H, the treadle-Wheel W serving to turn such handle round by the pressure of `the foot on the rungs n u for the proper laying and securin g this corn. F is the form embodying our invention, which is fitted to the holder H in place of the Wooden broom-handle, so that an improved socket, S, may be slipped over and thereto fastened for receiving layers of broom in the usual manner. In order to effect this, the form F is constructed so as to have about one foot of its length straight for a bearing Within the holderl H, and the remaining foot of its length tapering (say, from one and a half inch to three-fourths of an inch) to suit the various sizes and shapes of different sockets. The metallic form F is tapered, as represented in Fig. 2, and has a beveled groove, d, cut either its entire length, or for the taper part only. Into this groove d a long spring, q, is tted, also beveled for about a third of itsA length, so as to fit into and slide freely along it, its remaining portion being left free and alloWed to spring from the groove. At one end of this spring q a pin, m, is provided, so that on pressing a socket, such as S, over the spring Vq, this pin m may be adjusted through the hole always made in these sockets for this especial purpose. At the other end of the spring q a knob, K, is xed, which is pressed down for the proper adjustment of this socket by means of the pin m, so that on pushing a socket over it, after securing it by this pin, the knob K, by reason of the length of the spring q, is left uncovered, and can then be grasped by the finger and thumb, and the spring q slid along the groove d, carrying the socket thus fitted along with it till such time as it has arrived at that portion of the taper metallic form F, Where the socket may fit, and be in the most convenient position for receiving its broom-corn.

It is necessary that the mandrel or form F should in all cases be metallic, in order to have a. solid backingfor the loosenails or rivets fitted to such sockets, as S, to be riveted down over the binding-Wire of the broom-corn, anT soft material, such as Wood, being,` liable to be indented and prevent the Withdrawal of the socket.

We disclaim the drums D D', treadle-Wheel,

W, With belt B, holder H, spring a, and screw S., and reels R r of the broom-machine A A, as We are aware that these are not new but we claim a taper metallic form or mandrel, F, for afxing sockets, as an attachment to thebroommachine A A, solely for the manufacturing our improved detachable brooms thereon, and expressed as follows:

The taper metallic form F, provided with beveled groove/d, spring q, for sliding Within this groove d, having a projecting pin, m, at

one end, and a knob, K, at the other for the adjustment of detachable broom-sockets S, in combination with the holder H, spring a, and screw s of the broom-machine A A, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

AHENRY ANDERSON.

JAMES E. HoUGH'roN.

Witnesses ALFRED C. CRANE, SAMUEL GEoss. 

